[mou-net] Ruddy Turnstone and other shorebirds in Rice County

My friend Brad Beisel and I spent the day in Scott, Dakota and Rice Counties and recorded 132 species for the day. In Rice County we found shorebirds at a few places: 1. 5 Red-necked Phalaropes at a small wetlands on the south side of Co. Rd. 1 between Dundas and I-35. 2. 1 Stilt

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Duluth RBA 5/15/09

-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *May 15, 2009 *MNDU0905.15 -Birds mentioned Long-tailed Duck Virginia Rail Sora Piping Plover Thayer's Gull Chimney Swift Black-backed Woodpecker Blue-headed Vireo Bank Swallow House Wren Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Golden-winged Warbler

[mou-net] red-headed woodpecker

Another first-ever visitor to our feeders and 40-foot tall white spruce this morning -- a red-headed woodpecker. (On Tuesday it was the yellow-headed blackbird.) This has been a very exciting spring at our feeders in Pomroy Township, Kanabec County. The sparrows are abundant -- Harris's,

[mou-net] Sandhills in Ramsey (Anoka Co.)

A pair of Sandhill cranes are hanging out in a marsh to the east of Olivine St. between 163rd and 164th. The marsh is behide houses, but I got some good looks closer to 164th. Back channel me if you want better directions. Stephen Savior Ramsey, Anoka co. Join or Leave

[mou-net] Seeking a Rehabber for Day 0/1 Eastern Bluebird Chicks

Morning all, What should have been a very happy day has turned sad and I'm trying to do some leg work on a contingency basis and would love some input. Our EABLs had a 5-egg nest that was supposed to hatch this morning. Sadly it seems as soon as they did, the HOSP swooped in and took out

[mou-net] [mou-rba] MOU RBA 15 May 2009

-RBA *Minnesota *Minnesota Statewide *May 15, 2009 *MNST0905.15 -Birds mentioned Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Sanderling Ruff Arctic Tern Western Kingbird Marsh Wren Veery American Pipit Prairie Warbler Mourning Warbler Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager -Transcript Hotline: Minnesota

[mou-net] [mou-rba] Warbler Fall-out 5/14 (Ramsey County, Little Canada) with 2 Scarlet Tanagers and 2 Blackburians 5/15

A ponding area beneath the water tower in Little Canada provided an unexpectedly great day of Warbler viewing last year so I've been monitoring this park daily of late.  Began to see waves of warblers high in the tree tops on Wed. evening, 5/13, so I made a point of birding there at 6:45 AM the

[mou-net] DL update

Today there were virtually no warblers on the city beach. There are still sanderlings on the beach. Saw 9 species of warbler at Dunton Locks in 30 mnutes. Several hundred individuals. _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync.

[mou-net] Albany Schoessling

Albany Wastewater lagoons (7:15am), of note: Dunlins, WhRumpSP, Stilt SP-2, 2ea-Dowitchers, Sanderling, SemiPalm SP's, Bairds, Pectoral, Black-bellied Plover-1, Red-necked Phalarope-1, Black Terns. (SW of the SW pond best--with lower level, SE pond levels rising). Last eve

[mou-net] Albany Avocets

Oh...how could I forget the two well-plumaged Avocets there (Stearns). mjb Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] New E-Mail Address

 I'm sorry I goofed so badly in trying to send out our Greetings:   I'm sorry I goofed so badly in trying to send out our new E-Mail address.  We were getting so many SPAMS that we decided to get a new E-Mail address.  I forgot this message and the new E-Mail address. New E-Mail Address

[mou-net] Purgatory Creek Peregrine Falcon

While at Purgatory Creek this afternoon I had a Peregrine Falcon do a little look see over the area.. I'm in need of a job!! Please see http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlongtin Thank you.. -- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota See my WEB pages at: www.birderguy.com

[mou-net] orange rind grape jelly

Another first (for me), a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker eating grape jelly from an orange half. Latest Rose-Breasted Grosbeak count at the BOSS--7 females and three males. Anyone know if they pair or are (for lack of a better word) polygamus? Got my Bluebird nest cam up and running, her nest is

[mou-net] Today in Rock County

I spent most of this ridiculously windy (sustained 30 mph) afternoon birding Rock County and found several interesting birds. Sand pit ponds north of Luverne: -9 Ruddy Turnstones -several Sanderlings -1 Common, 1 Caspian, and many Black Terns Blue Mounds State Park: -Swainson's Hawk

[mou-net] Lake Byllesby (Dakota Cty) Fri 7-9am (Willet, both Godwits, Sanderling)

Hello, I headed out to Byllesby this morning hoping to see the Ruff (and the many other shorebirds reported the last few days). I missed out on the Ruff even though it was sighted for a couple of minutes around 8am (I was a few hundred yards east) but I did see a new life bird: a couple of

[mou-net] Murphy Hanrehan Warblers, Scott Co.

Thirteen warblers were counted this morning at Murphy including: Blue Winged (several) Golden winged (1) Tennessee (majority) Yellow Magnolia (1) Cape May (1) Black Throated Green Cerulean (2) Black and White Redstart (majority) Ovenbird (4) Common Yellow Throat Canada (2) Other highlights: